Structural glass for covering walls and ceilings



w. D. HADLEY ug. l, 1933.

STRUCTURAL GLASS FOR COVERING WALL-,S AND CEILINGS 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 2, 1931 Aug. 1, 1933. w. D. HADLEY STRUCTURAL GLASS FOR COVERING WALLS AND CEILINGS v structural glass plates on walls and ceilings; and of the plates showing the intersection of the trans- 7'0 in the practice of this invention, the surfaces material filling the Space between Ythe inclined 75 Patented Aug. 1, 1933 Y l a 1,929,503'` UNITED g STATES@- pArEfNroFi-ice 1 n i l 1,920,563 STRUCTURAL GLASS Fon oovEnING WALLS f ANnoEILINcs y Willis D. Hadley, St. Louis, Mo. a l Application December 2, 1931. Serial No.1578,499-

V 3 claims. (ci. 72-18)KV This invention relates to a new type of vStrucpleted structural glass wall erected in accordancevr tural glass for `use in covering walls and. ceilings, with and embodying the present invention. Whether said Walls be interior or exterior; and y Fig. 2is an enlarged perspective view of a it also relates to the method of preparing struca portion of the wall showingl more clearly the in- 5 tural glass plates, after the glass` plates vhave clined porouswalls in and along the body of the 60` been annealed in the original manufacture thereglass plates before pointing material has vbeen.

of, and also to the actual installation of the strucapplied.y y f 'i l n tural glass, as a result of, or incident to, the new Y Fig. 3 is a plan View of one of the structural method of preparing the structural glass plates glass plates of convenient Size for use in the 10 for the walls and ceilings. practice of this invention.

Objects of the invention are to provide a more Fig. 4 is an end` elevation of the plate shown efcient and perfect means of seaming the edges in Fig. 3. Y

of structural glass plates prior to installation Fig. 5 is a side edge elevation-of said plate.

thereof; to reduce the labor cost of installingY the Fig. 6 is a perspective View of a portion of-one csf to provide a faster, more accurate, sanitary, and Verse inclined porous Walls with the inclined pomechanical installation, together with a more rous wall along one of the COIIlel'S 0f the platedesirable and pleasing design effect on the com- Fg- 7 iS a Side edge elevation of the plate pletion of the work. portion shown in Fig. 6 having the pointing of the structural glass plates of convenient sizes,` pOlOllS Walls irl the bOdY 0f the plate after having been thoroughly annealed in the Fie. 8 is an enlarged perspective View of one course of manufacture, are incised tov produce end 0f a portion of one of the plates 0f strucinclined porous walls .extending into the bodiesv tural glass Constructed in accordance With this of the plates, and the outer corners of the plates invention. 80 are also formed with inclined porous'walls. The Fg- 9 iS an enlarged Sectional View on the porosity of these inclined walls formed' by incisline 9 9 O Fg- 6 SllOWilg, i a magled maning the glass plates after said plates have been nel', the POlOllS Surfaces formed t0 Obtain bondthoroughly annealed inthe manufacture thereof. lng SlllfaCSS OI the pOIltIlg material.

is an essential feature of this invention, because The Wall SllOWll Slllfaed by my implOVed 85y said Walls are thereby conditioned for the per- Sll'llflflllal glaS'S plates iS Of Conventional Conformance of functions not obtainable by smooth Stllctllnllldllg plaster l SUDDOTS- by lathS vitreous surfaces of walls formed in the plates 2 al-1d ill 'llll Supporting quantities 0f Ina-Stic during the manufacture of said plates and before Cement" Th? Structural glass Plates ,are as the plates have been thoroughly annealed. Ac- Semoled 1n the prqpef lfelatlonshl? @gamsl me 90 i Cordngly, these inclined porous Walls are in com mastic cement 3 while said cement is in a plastic tact with the vitreous non-porous surfaces of the condition in Order *to Obtain a bonding union with the cement. plates. These incllned poious Walls will form a The Str uctu m1 glass plates are formed in com 40 strong bond lvm-h pomtmgmalenal sind wm Slip" venient sizes and are cut or sawed, after having 95A port the Domi-mg maternal mdemtely Whlch been annealed in the manufacture thereof to` non-porous vitreous surfaces will` not do. vThe form porous Side and end edges 4. term porous Surface as used herein is 'intended The outer corners of the respective plates are t0 dene aough'cut Surface which may not. have also cut or sawed to provide porous inclined all thel characteristics of porosity aseommonlv walls 5. These waiis 5 extend along the sides 100 understood but which is characterized by the and ends of the plates, so that when the plates presence of a number of .small interstices `which are brought together in endwise or edgewise reproduce a bonding surface for the pointing malationship, las shown in Fig. 2, the inclined terial applied thereto. walls 5 on adjacent platesdiverge, forming lonr The nature and purpose of this invention and gitudinal spaces 6 and vertical spaces l de- 105 the foregoing and other advantages and objects signed and adapted to receive, hold and form a thereof willbe made apparent from the followbond with appropriate pointing material of any ing description, reference being` made to thevac` desired color or tint. companying drawings, `in Which- The lines 8 along which the walls 5 intersect Fig. l is an elevation of a portion of a comthe walls 4 are spaced inwardly from the outer 110 f desired color or tint. The pointing material 121 in the spaces 11 unites or connects with the pointing material in therspaces 6 so'as tofproduce any desired pattern or design.

The surfaces of the plates opposite from the vitreous exposed surface 9 are" formed with i grooves or irregularities 13 in order to obtain and hold engagement with the mastic cement 3.

By use and practice of this" invention, a wall may be erected faster and more accurately than by ordinary procedure `and the labor cost `is considerably reduced While, at the same time, a.

sanitary lconstruction is obtained that has a. -desirable and pleasing appearance. The completed wall with the pointing material in the spaces having the porous walls givestlie appearance of individual glass plates. The porous Walls 5 and 10 may be formed by use of any appropriate devices or means, and said walls may be formed in patterns or any desired arrangement.`

I claim:

1. Structural glass of thejcharacter described comprising a `plate of glass having a smooth outer surface, inclined rough cut Walls to define spaces in said surface and rough cut Walls at the outer edges of said plate, said Walls serving as abondlng surface for pointing material.

Structural glass of the character described comprising a` plate of glass having a smooth outer surfaceand inclined rough, cui; Walls to dene spaces in said surface, said Walls .serving as bonding surface for pointing material.

3. Structural glass of the character described comprising `a plate of glass having a smooth outer surface and beveled outer edges to yprovide vertical and inclined edges for saidplate,

surface for pointingmaterial. WILLIS D. HADLEY.

said edges beingv rough cut to provide a bonding 

